84: Chapter 84 Blood Demon Summoning

"My wife—is she someone the likes of you can slander?"

The Blood Duke's expression was gloomy, yet the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.

He had no intention of blaming his wife for her infidelity; instead, he felt that others were slandering her.

But considering the situation where Director Dick had confessed personally...

It was clear that the Blood Duke simply refused to accept the truth.

That was why he didn't blame the culprit, but instead came to deal with the person who discovered the problem.

In his eyes, perhaps whether his wife had an affair wasn't important.

But affecting his own reputation was a very serious matter.

The Blood Duke narrowed his eyes, his dangerous gaze shifting from the fallen Arabella to Ronan's face.

Seeing Arabella knocked down and seriously injured, Ronan's anger surged like a tide for no apparent reason.

He gritted his teeth, using his reason to suppress the impulse.

Then, he forcefully pulled off the misty stone hanging from his chest and placed it on the wound on Arabella's chest.

This stone could add a trace of vitality to the body and had a certain restorative effect on external injuries.

At the same time.

Ronan extended both hands, covering the two wounds that had pierced through the body from front to back.

He cast "Healing Spell" with both hands simultaneously; this Zero-Circle Magic he had only recently mastered was cast one after another as if it cost nothing.

In an instant, a series of healing light orbs surged into Arabella's body.

Swish.

A sharp sound of breaking air rang out.

A tiny blood line rapidly approached from behind, carrying a momentum that could pierce through everything, heading straight for Ronan's head.

This blood line was not only incredibly fast but also very difficult to detect due to its small size.

Mages who used spells like "Spiritual Detection" or "Danger Perception" for detection would find it impossible to track it in real-time.

Often, while a mage was using these two spells, the blood line would rapidly pierce their head before they could even react.

However, for Ronan's Spiritual Domain, this blood line could be captured clearly and completely.

As the blood line struck, just as it was about to penetrate his head, a translucent shield suddenly blocked its path.

Zero-Circle Magic, "Magic Shield."

This shield was primarily used to defend against magical attacks, but it also worked well against most physical attacks.

As a large amount of Spiritual Power was poured in, the shield's defensive capability rose sharply.

Blocking the tiny blood line was no trouble at all.

Ronan discovered that after Arabella's chest was pierced by the blood line, fortunately, her internal organs were not damaged.

But this tiny blood line didn't just cause piercing damage.

If it were just simple piercing damage, given the size of the blood line, it would basically be a minor injury as long as it didn't hit internal organs.

But this blood line was not that simple.

After piercing through, the blood line would leave behind some blood that merged into the victim's body, forming a special "blood poison."

This blood poison rapidly spread throughout the victim's body, causing various sudden blood-related symptoms in a short time.

Arabella was currently suffering from it.

Her various bodily tissues and functions were being gradually destroyed by the blood poison; if it weren't for Ronan's endless supply of life energy from the "Healing Spell,"

she probably wouldn't have been able to hold on long ago.

Fortunately, Ronan's "Healing Spell" had two major advantages.

First, his Spiritual Power was extremely powerful, allowing him to cast this spell continuously.

By constantly stacking the quantity, the quantitative change led to a qualitative change, producing unexpected healing effects.

This was why Ronan, despite his urgency, cast the "Healing Spell" recklessly.

Second, although the "Healing Spell" was exchanged using Academy points, what he was using was not actually the basic version he had exchanged for.

In the book of magical knowledge, there were "Twenty-Four Enhancement Plans for the Healing Spell" mastered by the original owner.

Previously, due to limited time, Ronan had only tried one enhancement plan—improving casting speed.

It was thanks to this that he could stack life energy in Arabella's body so quickly now.

While using the enhancement plans to modify spells, Ronan found that with a stronger soul, modifying magic became even more effortless.

He had already tried one enhancement plan before.

Now, at this critical juncture, he immediately felt the urge to perform another magical modification.

As long as he could continue to enhance the "Healing Spell," the blood poison in Arabella's body could be completely cured.

However, the Blood Duke would not just stand idly by.

Seeing that the "Blood Piercing Thread" could not break Ronan's shield, he clasped his hands together and changed his technique.

Immediately afterward, a pulsating blood sphere suddenly grew between his two palms.

The blood sphere seemed to have a life of its own, flexibly enveloping both palms.

Then, the Blood Duke pulled his hands apart forcefully, and a layer of flowing blood now completely covered his palms.

This was the spell the Blood Duke used most often, "Twin Blood Slash."

With this layer of blood, his palms were pressed together into hand-knives and swung violently toward Ronan's position.

The other palm did the same; the two followed one after another, their swing trajectories forming a cross shape.

Two massive blood-colored blade shadows flew out, crossing each other to form a blood-colored "X" slash that flew straight at Ronan.

Ronan had never seen a similar spell; he guessed it must be a move of a School of Life mage.

To be safe, he simply took Arabella into his arms and continued to make evasive movements within the protection of the shield.

Ronan was afraid the "Magic Shield" wouldn't be able to block the opponent's attack.

By doing this, even if the shield didn't block the slash, he could leave the area of attack in advance.

However, it seemed he had been overly cautious.

The opponent's blood-colored slash could not shake the "Magic Shield," causing only some kinetic impact on the shield's surface.

This level of impact would have to be stacked at least a dozen times to shatter the shield.

However, exactly what he feared happened.

As a School of Life mage with mentor-level strength, the Blood Duke's mastery over blood-related magic was superb.

The eerie blood on his palms did not disappear; "Twin Blood Slash" could be used more than once!

Seeing the attack deal damage to the shield, the Blood Duke immediately swung twice more, unleashing two more blood-colored slashes.

After that, he seemed to transform into a dancer, continuously waving his palms.

Looking closely, one could see that these movements were not only extremely fast, but the blood-colored slashes also sealed off almost all of Ronan's escape routes.

There was no dodging; he could only endure it!

One blood-colored slash could consume about 5% of the shield's durability; with so many together now, they could completely blow up the entire "Magic Shield."

Seeing no way to avoid it, Ronan simply raised his hand and fired a "Scorching Ray" at the Blood Duke before the shield was shattered.

To his surprise, after the Ray was fired, it happened to collide with the blood-colored slashes on its way.

Upon touching the "Scorching Ray," these slashes rapidly began to dissolve.

Dozens of blood-colored slashes were instantly obliterated by this single Ray.

From Ronan's perspective, these slashes were the vaporized form of the blood on the opponent's palms, and the ultra-high temperature of the Ray was the perfect counter to this vaporized form.

"You have some skill," the Blood Duke sneered, his tone ambiguous between mockery and praise. "Then try this move."

He dispersed the blood on his palms and then bit his thumbs.

Using the splattering blood, he drew eerie runes in the air.

Before long, an eerie magic circle drawn with blood appeared on the ground.

The blood formed array patterns that flowed slowly, and a misty blood aura rose within the circle, as if forming an independent space.

The Blood Duke leaned down, pressed his thumb onto the magic circle, and chanted loudly, "Call upon my blood, summon the demon as the soul."

"Blood Demon Summoning!"

In an instant, the magic circle drawn with blood emitted streaks of red light.

The blood from the Blood Duke's body flowed through his thumb into the magic circle, condensing into tiny suspended blood droplets.

These small blood droplets floated within the circle, merging with each other into larger blood spheres.

The blood spheres twisted continuously, gradually growing limbs and a head from their bare spherical shapes until finally transforming into liquid four-legged creatures.

Their size and appearance resembled small hyenas, their bodies entirely made of blood, with two eyes glowing with a dense crimson light.

Within the entire magic circle, three of these liquid hyenas were ultimately produced.

According to the Blood Duke, these were called Blood Demons.

After the three Blood Demons appeared, they each let out a roar.

The blood-drawn magic circle on the ground was immediately split into three blood lines of equal size, which flew into the mouths of the three Blood Demons respectively.

After summoning the three Blood Demons, the Blood Duke's face was slightly pale, but his eyes were filled with intense killing intent.

He pointed at Ronan and Arabella and ordered, "Kill them."

Hearing this, the three hyena Blood Demons seemed somewhat sluggish and indifferent to the Blood Duke's command.

Only after discovering there was no blood left on the ground did they finally leap toward the direction the Blood Duke pointed.

Ronan did not interrupt the Blood Duke's actions the entire time.

It wasn't that he didn't want to, but that he had no time to spare.

At this moment, the misty stone he had placed on Arabella's wound seemed to have developed some special connection with the blood poison.

The entire misty stone was actually slowly melting.

By the time Ronan noticed, the misty stone had already turned into a pool of liquid, spreading across the wound.

Arabella's condition worsened in an instant.

Ronan hadn't expected the misty stone to be counterproductive at this critical moment; although it also increased life energy, it ended up disrupting the balance instead.

He had to speed up the output of the "Healing Spell," but the effect was minimal.

Right then, the three hyena Blood Demons appeared in a flash, pouncing from three different directions.

Even though Ronan was protected by the "Magic Shield," seeing those hideous faces pouncing toward him, he couldn't help but feel a bit uncertain.

The three hyena Blood Demons were blocked by the shield as expected, but their impact also caused several cracks to appear in the shield, showing that their pouncing force was significant.

Ronan actually had some experience with this kind of liquid enemy—the previous Polluters were covered in black liquid.

The best way to deal with them was to freeze those disgusting liquids.

He clasped his palms together and then pulled them apart; three Ice Arrows had already appeared between them.

At such a close distance, no matter how fast the three Blood Demons were, they couldn't dodge.

Swish, swish, swish.

The three Ice Arrows were fired in unison, flying straight toward the Blood Demons' heads and accurately hitting between their eyes.

The Ice Arrows pierced through, and three hollow holes suddenly appeared in the heads of the three Blood Demons.

But immediately after, the blood around the holes surged rapidly, continuously filling them in.

In the blink of an eye, the Blood Demons returned to normal.